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Kenya Teachers Sacco Association (KETSA) has registered significant growth in its programmes for the last one year. Association Chairman Robert Kithanju revealed that the programmes undertaken by KETSA have led to a growth in asset base from Ksh260 million in May 2022 to Ksh349 million currently, translating to a growth of 34 per cent. During…
President William Ruto has revealed that his administration will put in place proper mechanisms to manage the cooperative movement well to ensure Sacco members are safeguarded from exploitation by brokers and cartels. Speaking during Meru Dairy Cooperative Union’s 8th annual field day at Gitooro showground in Meru town, Ruto lamented that it’s very sad that…
2023 presented an opportunity for cooperatives to renew themselves for business. During this time, they look back and evaluate on whether or not they achieved all the set goals in the previous year. They try to come up with well researched solutions to avoid having a repetition of unproductive strategies. From the beginning of the…
Rice farmers in Nyando, Kisumu county have been urged to join cooperative societies to enable them find ready markets for their produce as well as weed out cartels from their midst and ease access to credit. National Irrigation Authority (NIA) West Kenya Region Scheme Manager Kennedy Ouma said cooperatives are a vital element of development…
Uasin Gishu Governor Jonathan Bii has challenged Ainabkoi Farmers’ Cooperative Society members to embrace potato farming owing to the current good climate that favours the growth of the crop. He was speaking recently after visiting the cooperative society accompanied by Netherlands Deputy Ambassador to Kenya H.E Joris Bommel and Warehouse Receipting System (WRS) Acting CEO…
The fifth cooperative principle of Education, training and information encourages Cooperative societies to hold education days to train members, stakeholders and the public on the operations of the cooperatives so they can contribute to the development of their co-operatives and ensure they are run professionally. These trainings bring us to the biggest question of: are the…
People follow leaders whose leadership styles or approaches command respect. That is what Dr. John C. Maxwell calls the Law of Respect in the heroic book titled the 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership. Ideally, there are six ways to earn respect as a leader. These include: Some people are born with greater skills and ability…
Jumuisha Sacco Society Limited is steadfast in its endeavor to empower its members through the provision of quality products and services that improve their socio-economic developments. Sacco Chairperson Eveline Otieno is confident the Sacco is the region’s leading financial partner in offering real time financial solutions to businesses and groups for economic development. “Jumuisha Sacco…
Members of Anchor Premier Sacco, formerly Urithi Premier Sacco, can now heave a sigh of relief after the new management rolled out plans to recover their properties still held up by Urithi Housing Co-operative Society Limited. The Sacco, which was associated with Urithi, rebranded three years ago by dropping the name Urithi and replacing it…
Stakeholders in the cooperative movement aired the major challenges facing the movement to Cooperatives & MSMEs CS Simon Chelugui and PS Patrick Kilemi. National Cooperative Housing Union (NACHU) National Chairman Francis Kamande lamented about the few housing units in the country. He revealed that Kenyan urban centres need about 2,500,000 housing units but there are…
